Abstract
This essay explores why ‘voice’ has been a sustained desire for Indigenous Australians throughout history. By placing past efforts surrounding recognition, citizenship and self-determination on a continuum of progress, this text presents an argument for an unwavering, Indigenous voice to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution in order to serve the best interests of Aboriginal Australians.
Highlights
Since Federation there have been numerous propellants for an Indigenous ‘voice’ to become a foundation for institutional, legislative and social progress for Indigenous Australians
The Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA) was Australia’s first politically recognised activist group made up of Aboriginal people and was formed in 1924 with the goals of disrupting the disadvantaged circumstances that plagued Aboriginal Australians as a result of political injustice that had developed over generations
The ability for the AAPA to voice the concerns of Aboriginal people to those in power meant that a case could be made to wind back some of the oppressions that Australia’s colonial regime had implemented in the years since occupation
Summary
Since Federation there have been numerous propellants for an Indigenous ‘voice’ to become a foundation for institutional, legislative and social progress for Indigenous Australians. Australia’s current constitution is antiquated and must be altered in order to enshrine an Indigenous voice that will combat the systemic oppression faced by Aboriginal people.
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